Reusable Shopping Bags

Billions of plastic bags are choking our planet. All of these "free" bags ultimately cost both consumers and the environment plenty:

• Each year, 500 billion to 1 trillion plastic bags are consumed worldwide
• In the USA over 380 billion plastic bags, sacks, wraps are consumed each year.
• Australians consume 6.9 billion plastic bags each year - 326 per person.

What better ways to attack the problem than with bring from home, reusable bags. Reusable bags are the latest accessory for the well-dressed, eco-minded shopper. These alternatives to plastic grocery bags have been selling out in supermarkets across the nation. Not that consumers are painting the town green yet – they keep forgetting to bring their new bags to the stores.

Reusable shopping bags come in various sizes, materials and designs. But how much a bag can hold is not as important as how much you can hold. (The latter is usually less than the former, especially when lugging several bags.) Good looks never hurt, either. You don't have be a walking advertisement for the store you bought your bag at. And you don't have to stick to the supermarket offerings.